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Regulators will in early 2021 initiate studies to help the Government assess the feasibility of allowing a third operator to enter the Bahamian mobile communications market.
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), in its just-released draft annual plan, said such research was required by the Electronic Communications Sector Policy to support the Government s decision on whether to permit further competition for the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and Aliv. As set out in the draft electronic communications sector policy, the Government of The Bahamas will consider whether further liberalisation of the mobile telephone market should be undertaken in the form of a third mobile operator, URCA said.